Anuj Bidve, 23, had been studying at Lancaster University A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of the Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot in the head in Salford on Boxing Day.
Kiaran Stapleton, from Ordsall, will appear at City of Manchester Magistrates' Court on Monday.Mr Bidve, 23, had travelled to the UK from India to study at Lancaster University and was staying in Greater Manchester over the festive period.
Greater Manchester Police said a £50,000 reward remained outstanding.
Assistant Chief Constable Dawn Copley, who has overall command of the inquiry, told a news conference: "This remains a complex investigation and the fact we have charged someone does not mean the investigation is complete.
"As such, we are still asking for the public to contact us with any information they may have and there remains a £50,000 reward outstanding."
Police visit
Earlier, GMP said a chief superintendent and a family liaison officer are travelling to India to meet Mr Bidve's family and representatives of the Indian authorities.
His father, Subhash Bidve, has been critical of UK and Indian authorities after learning of his son's death on Facebook before UK police could contact him.
ACC Copley said: "We know that the family are extremely distressed that Anuj's body has not been released to them.
"We have been in close contact with the coroner who is anxious to release Anuj's body to his family at the earliest possible time."
Mr Bidve, from Pune, Maharashtra, was shot at close range by a gunman in the Ordsall district of Salford in the early hours of Boxing Day.
A total of five people have been arrested by police. On Saturday, a 19-year-old man was bailed until the end of March, while three others, a 16-year-old boy and two 17-year-old boys, were also released on bail pending further inquiries.
Mr Bidve, a postgraduate student in micro-electronics, was described by his family as a "loving son, a super-caring brother and first and forever a friend for many".
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I am South African, I understand racism, it is sad, by just reading everyones comments, It is all over the world. India goes through it as well. Indians among themselves differ themselves from colour and casts systems too, I find it worse among the Indians in India then in the world itself. I have been in India for six months their human relation skills are pretty poor.
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